Panzer 58, and it's descendants the Panzer 61 and Panzer 68, were the first (and last) series of armoured vehicles that Switzerland ever produced. The aim was to create the perfect medium tank, but the success of this project is still argued about to this day after the vehicle was involved in one of Switzerland's greatest political scandals.

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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Switzerland
00:30 The Swiss Scheme
01:45 A New Plan?
02:59 KW30
04:30 Indien-Panzer
05:04 Panzer 58
05:45 Panzer 61
07:20 Panzer 68
09:12 Scandal!
10:10 Panzer 68/88
10:25 Panzer 2000
10:57 Variants
11:30 Outro


Sources:
Swiss National Archives
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Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Archives
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